Automobile spring



Feb. 12, 1929. 1,702,030

C.E.C.'EDEY AUTOMOBILE SPRING Filed Aug. 15, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTQR A TTOR NE Y Feb. 12. 1929. 1,702,030

C. E. C. EDEY AUTOMOBILE SPRING Filed Aug. 15, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Char/e5 5.6. Ede BY pi Patented Feb. 12, 1929. V

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AUTOMOBILE SPRIlING.

Application filed August 15, 1927. Serial No; 213,150.

sorbing the same so as to protect the occupants from the vibrations of a rough road and prevent the power plant and other parts from being unduly impaired. incident to the eiiect of improper absorption of said shocks and ars.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby when a wheel of the. vehicle is suddenly dropped into a hole or forced over an obstruction, the said means will tune tion to. transfer the loadincident to sudden thrust, impact or stress to the spring ends so that as one end is subjected to a. compressing action, the other end will be expanded, and whereby, and incident to my improved means, the body of the vehicle will be kept steady andthe respective springs of a set made tor ialre their shares of the loads and stress, without overtaxing the strength of any one spring.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spring wherein the body of a vehicle with which it is employed will have free undulatory yielding motion.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the following specification isread in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa front elevation of a portion oit an automobile showing my invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a similar view with parts in section, showing the spring and its coacting parts in stressed positions,

Figure 3 is a similar view showing an ap- .plication of the spring to the rear axleof the automobile Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2, show? ing the spring and its coacting parts some- 5 what stressed beyond their normal positions;

Figure 5 is a view on an enlarged scale through a portion of the rear axle showing parts of the invention on an enlarged scale.

Reference shall be had to Figures 1 and 2, wherein represents a portion of an automobile including a front axle 11 of any well known construction, and 12 a semi-elliptic spring, the latter hung by a clip or bracket 13 to the body of the automobile.

All .l.4l- ---l4.- are identical rocking links piv= oted at their lower ends to the axle andat their upper ends to the respective ends of the said semi-elliptic spring 12. These links are extended upward in an'upward and outward direction from points between the ends of the said axleand as illustrated they are provided with stop lugs 15 adapted to indirectly coac t with the axle so as to limit upward movements of the links. i

' Superposed with respect tothe axle 11 is a fiat lea l spring 16 adapted to be flexed with respect to the axle, and as illustrated the central portion of the spring is adapted to work vertically on a stud 17 which rises from the axle medially thereof. The respective ends ot the said spring are formed with angular portions 18 which always hear and exert their influence against portions 19 of the respective links M l i so as to assist in elevating theselinks on their lower pivots.

. From the construction herein set forth it manifestly follows that through the respective actions of the'links 14614 the semielliptie spring 12.which extends in a l0ngitudinal direction with the axle 11 will be capable of expanding at one of its ends while theother end of the spring is under compression, whereby and in effect the said semi-elliptic spring will expand longitudinally when in action and freely absorb'the upward and other vibrations and shocks that are transmitted to the automobile.

The links 14-1 l and their coacting stops 15 are'so constructed and correlated and arranged in coaction with the flat leaf spring 16 that will cause the strengthening of one end of the spring 12 as the other end is weakened, thereby enabling the wheels of the vehicle to easily move upwardly when in contact with an obstruction alon the highway. The spring 12, through t e organized arrange ment of the instrumentalities herein set forth automatically adapts itself to the varying loads and. stresses applied thereto without overtaxing either end of the spring at any time, while giving to the vehicle a maximum measure of buoyancy. The equalizing effect of the various parts is such that movement imparted to one of the links 14. will be promptly transmitted to the other of said links through the axle 11.

In Figures 3 and 4 which are illustrations of the rear of the automobile 10, the springs 12 are also of the se1ni-elliptic type, there being two, one near each of the supporting wheels of the rear axle 20. For each of these 7 trihnting' mechanism eonsisting of'a. mile- V 2% fixed t0 therear axle.- f

lea'dset ien up by these-springs l 1 firl'butQCl to the ie'speetlve ends theme Satlsfaetory results have beeh had 1n practice tivelylong forwardly extending link -21-and a relatively short reerwerclly extending link 22. These links afe piVOtziIIy eohnetedet' their lower 'ends'as at 23 witha bmeketgplate 1 adapted to c est with a spring '16 which is the eqliivalent of the Spring 16 previously re =fer1etl tekmd which said spring is loosel mounted. 'at its center to *pin 17} On Said, Thehhks 21 and 22 eo'rre'spnd" Fin -fuhetionto-"tlm links14. l4 SO-fllfitft-ht. j

rieel hj the HJ'XlQ emerging the links i'xrone direction, Said springmeeine'eoneislting of e bracke' if.

Very

".1 through the mountihg df the i ront spring {12 l nofihtirig the three six.

vehicle is', capable of u' ments 0'1 linchilatory' aetion incident ztothe' Stresses 01'; leads a nd vibrations 'tJ'JEIHSIXli tted,

longitutll'nally with the i' rentjaxlefllend the reer Swings 12 "at ligh't angles to the rear axle 01 lon imdinelly with respect to "lthe'l' bofiy {of the vehicle.) In this manner' of 's the body of the ffihGIetO. I11 iewbff' this feet eny feree apphehtoea per'tmulafir spr ng-ls indirectly j A semielliptieell gazi tlemb he 'interposedbetween th'wbdly df avehiele and' .e I

transferred to a very appreciable extent to the remmmng'sprmgs of therveh iele; f j

;it-ing the movementshf the links upon the' axle, ehd y ieldihg means adapted-t0 be mounted upon the axle and to engage Wlth said links to urge same in onedireetion. V

2. Meeha nism 0f=the class described co1riprising, in combination with the axle of a' vel1 ic1e,"ofa plurality of links pivetetl' to sand axle extending respectively ii l oppdsite ;clirections-fromthe axle and aclep'teePtOipivota'lly engage with r the respective ends ot a 'seml-elhptleal sprlng, and sprmg means ear- ;res'ili'entleaf Whesejencls I engage with the F6- Vspeetive {links and -w'hose i intermediate f-porbar ed responsive incident to movements' imparted toseid'links;

3 The combination with a, vehiele' zi xle 'cietedfidthtsaid spring and the latter-{flimaklly cohneete'fil with tlIe fespeetix e en'tls (if, a semi elli p'tie "body supporting spri'ngend means On the linksstdapted to 'coa'et 'withi the axle' to limit nio'ti'ons df the links in bile direc- :EDE 

